Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
ROBBINSDALE’S HISTORIC CITY BAND PLAYS AT HISTORIC GRAESER PARK Robbinsdale’s City Band is one of the longest running municipal bands in the Upper Midwest. Next year it will be 120 years old. It all began … Read more
Robbinsdale Historical Society (RHS) and Golden Valley Historical Society (GVHS) recently cosponsored walking tour of the restored Graeser Park, 4200 Lakeland Ave., Robbinsdale. The collaboration brought out about 35 people, many of whom were unaware … Read more
Are you a fan of Graeser Park and Lilac Way? Check out the set of posters designed by Karen Laukkonen here. Available for purchase while supplies last! 4/28/25: VOLUNTEERS WORK TO RESTORE GRAESER PARK … Read more
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025: HISTORY WALK-AND-TALK AT GRAESER PARK The Amazing Restoration of Robbinsdale’s Historic Wayside Rest Cosponsors Golden Valley Historical Society and Robbinsdale Historical Society have arranged a guided tour of the restored Graeser … Read more
CRYSTAL LAKE TO BE MADE BEAUTY SPOT Plans for dredging the southern end of Crystal lake and the constructing of a boulevard around the lake to connect with the Glenwood-Camden boulevard which comes within a … Read more
In the early 1900s, Robbinsdale was a small community on the northwestern edge of Minneapolis. Its citizens were eager for the city to grow, and decided to form a band as a force to promote … Read more
Filmed and shared by Restore Lilac Way
On 2/2/24 the StarTribune online edition published the news of Graeser Park’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park could be added to National Register of Historic Places The park, also … Read more
In 2007 graphic designer Karen Laukkonen started her website to advocate for the preservation of Highway 100’s remaining roadside parks, and to document the seven original parks. Since then, she has extensively photographed and reported … Read more